UPS testing of telematics tools draws ire of union dissident group - Freight Waves
Teamsters for a Democratic Union warns of driver harassment issues
UPS Inc. said it is testing advanced technology that it claims will enhance driver and public safety, to the chagrin of a Teamsters union dissident group that warns the company could be continuing a decades-long pattern of leveraging technology to harass its drivers.
The Atlanta-based company has installed the “Lytx Drivecam” in its familiar brown vans at four centers in Texas and Oklahoma. It is the first step in a plan to install the technology nationwide, according to the Teamsters For a Democratic Union (TDU), a group at constant war with mainstream Teamster leadership and deeply suspicious of UPS’ labor-related initiatives.
UPS, which is the largest Teamster employer with about 252,000 members, would not comment on whether a nationwide rollout is planned.
Teamsters for a Democratic Union warns of driver harassment issues
UPS Inc. said it is testing advanced technology that it claims will enhance driver and public safety, to the chagrin of a Teamsters union dissident group that warns the company could be continuing a decades-long pattern of leveraging technology to harass its drivers.
The Atlanta-based company has installed the “Lytx Drivecam” in its familiar brown vans at four centers in Texas and Oklahoma. It is the first step in a plan to install the technology nationwide, according to the Teamsters For a Democratic Union (TDU), a group at constant war with mainstream Teamster leadership and deeply suspicious of UPS’ labor-related initiatives.
UPS, which is the largest Teamster employer with about 252,000 members, would not comment on whether a nationwide rollout is planned.